› added 4 years ago

385

Today I Learned that a fireworks show in San Diego that was meant to last 18 minutes ended up going out in 25 seconds due to a computer glitch

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

XvyQ TIL that school officials used a 15 year old as bait to catch another student suspected of sexual abuse, and still denies responsibility for her being raped because of it.
R1yw TIL the pokemon sableye is based upon the description of a Kentucky family’s alleged encounter extraterrestrials in 1955.
Wyd4 TIL that Deaf people experience a “tip of the fingers” phenomenon in sign language, just as hearing persons describe a word being on the “tip of their tongue”
0wQv TIL that Richard Branson once engineered a hoax involving a hot air balloon designed to look like a glowing UFO, piloted by a silver suited midget.
b67jp TIL Jimi Hendrix joined the Army after he was caught Joyriding and given the choice between prison or service. He served in the 101st Airborne and was qualified as a Paratrooper. Due to his inability to function in an authority environment, he was given a general discharge under honorable condition.